Battery recycling

Notice on the disposal of used batteries

The following notice is intended for those who use batteries or products with built-in batteries and do not resell them in the form in which they were delivered (end users):

1. Free Return of Used Batteries

Batteries must not be disposed of in household waste. You are legally required to return used batteries to ensure proper disposal. You can drop off used batteries at a municipal collection point or at a local retail store. As a distributor of batteries, we are also obliged to take back used batteries of the types that we currently or previously offered as new batteries in our assortment. You may therefore either send used batteries of this kind back to us with sufficient postage or deliver them free of charge directly to our shipping warehouse at the address stated in the imprint. Shipments with unpaid postage will not be accepted.

2. Meaning of Battery Symbols

Batteries are marked with the symbol of a crossed-out wheeled bin (see below). This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of in household waste. For batteries containing more than 0.0005% mercury, more than 0.002% cadmium, or more than 0.004% lead by mass, the chemical symbol of the corresponding pollutant is shown below the bin symbol—“Cd” stands for cadmium, “Pb” for lead, and “Hg” for mercury.